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Graphics Card Upgrade/Power Supply

sw064351

Posted 30 August 2012 - 09:34 AM

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I currently have the Acer Aspire X1 AX1420G-U5832 small-form factor desktop with a Liteon PS-5221-9AB power supply. My motherboard is an NVIDIA nForce 430. I am interested in purchasing a PNY VCGGTX550TVXPB GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express graphics card and with at least a 400W power supply to go with it. Which power supplies would fit? Thanks.

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phillpower2

Posted 30 August 2012 - 10:18 AM

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sw064351

Your best bet is to open up the case and measure the present PSU and check the room available for any add on video card, this based on the fact that your case is the SFF (small form factor) type and these often have smaller and differing shape PSUs than the standard ATX type and only enough room for a low profile type add on video card.

If you require guidance with measuring the PSU and/or video card please let us know.

NB: A better card than the PNY brand http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130625, note these cards require a minimum of a 400W output PSU and so give yourself some headroom and go for a 450 - 500W as a minimum, that is if you can upgrade the present hardware of course.

sw064351

Posted 31 August 2012 - 01:19 PM

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Thanks for your reply. I tried to do some searching on my part and came across this power supply and graphics card. What are your thoughts?

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817104132 (which is a small power supply, should be the same size as the one I have right now)
GeForce GTS 450 - which should be a half-height card, need a small size because of the small form factor. Thanks again.

phillpower2

Posted 02 September 2012 - 07:46 AM

Sorry for the delay in replying this was due to not receiving notification of your latest reply.

Have you measured the present PSU to confirm that the FSP will fit, the same for the add on video card.

The FSP brand are not as well known as some of the other brands but they are trusted enough by other brands such as Antec and OCZ + a couple of other well known brands for them to use the FSP internal components in their own brands, some further information @ http://www.realhardt...vos/Page541.htm

phillpower2

Posted 02 September 2012 - 09:07 AM

The AMD card I suggested is a good performer, half height ready and will work perfectly well with your MB, you did read of compatibility issues years ago but most of the time the problems were caused by incorrect driver installation.

phillpower2

Posted 02 September 2012 - 10:23 AM

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There is a very good chance that a regular sized ATX PSU will not fit but there is also a chance that one may so checking the dimensions and the space available must be done, typical PSU dimensions 5.9"(W) x 3.4"(H) x 5.5"(L) the shape of the PSU is not always a limiting factor unless the case has a compartment that is specifically shaped the same as the PSU.